Rio Olympic champ Uladzislau Hancharou won a showdown with 2016-17 World Champion Lei Gao of China in the men’s division of the FIG Trampoline World Cup section of the 18th annual Loule Cup in Loule (POR). Hancharou had the best execution scores in the final, leading Gao, 17-5-16.6 and that made the difference.
China’s Xueying Zhu, a gold medal in the Synchro event in the 2017 World Championships, scored an upset win over London and Rio Olympic champ Rosie McLennan (CAN) by 0.420, 57.525-57.105. Americans Nicole Ahsinger and Sarah Webster won silver medals in the Synchro event, just 0.200 behind McLennan and Sarah Milette.
Prize money of CHF 1,500-1,000-500 was presented to the top three in each event. Summaries:
FIG Trampoline World Cup/Loule Cup
Loule (POR) ~ 5-6 October 2018
(Full results here)
Men
Trampoline: 1. Uladzislau Hancharou (BLR), 62.125; 2. Lei Gao (CHN), 61.715; 3. Aleh Rabtsau (BLR), 61.270.
Synchronized: 1. Daiki Kiski/Ryosuke Sakai (JPN), 52.400; 2. Uladzislau Hancharou/Aleh Rabtsau (BLR), 50.850; 3. Pierre Gouzou/Brenden Renault (FRA), 50.800.
Tumbling: 1. Vadim Afanasev (RUS), 78.600; 2. Elliott Browne (GBR), 76.200; 3. Kristof Willerton (GBR), 74.000. Also: 6. Kaden Brown (USA), 70.100.
Women
Trampoline: 1. Xueying Zhu (CHN), 57.525; 2. Rosie MacLennan (CAN), 57.105; 3. Laura Gallagher (GBR), 54.520.
Synchronized: 1. Rosie MacLennan/Sarah Milette (CAN), 46.950; 2. Nicole Ahsinger/Sarah Webster (USA), 46.750; 3. Lea Labrousse/Marine Jurbert (FRA), 46.550.
Tumbling: 1. Marie Deloge (FRA), 68.000; 2. Megan Kealy (GBR), 67.900; 3. Raquel Pinto (POR), 67.400. Also: 4. Eliza Floisand (USA), 67.300; … 7. Caitlyn Crawford (USA), 63.700.
